Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, lawyers, economists, political scientists, historians, and zoologists come together to assess the challenges and opportunities for using economic incentives as compensation for protecting species at risk on private property.
Trade ReviewFor those considering development of an incentive program,
Species at Risk should be required reading. For others, it offers some clear perspective on what the next era of species-at-risk conservation in the United States could look like. * Great Plains Research *
Table of Contents
- Foreword (Mike Sullivan and the members of the board of the Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming)
- Chapter 1. Introduction (Jason F. Shogren)
- Part I. Current and Proposed Incentive Options for Species Protection on Private Lands
- Chapter 2. The Endangered Species Act and Its Current Set of Incentive Tools for Species Protection (Debra Donahue)
- Chapter 3. An Economic Review of Incentive Mechanisms to Protect Species on Private Land (Gregory M. Parkhurst and Jason F. Shogren)
- Part II. Challenges to Using Economic Incentives for Species Protection
- Chapter 4. Endangered Species Protection and Ways of Life: Beyond Economy and Ecology (Frieda Knobloch and R. McGreggor Cawley)
- Chapter 5. A Critical Examination of Economic Incentives to Promote Conservation (Debra Donahue)
- Chapter 6. Appraising the Conservation Value of Private Lands (Steve W. Buskirk and Samantha M. Wisely)
- Chapter 7. Markets for Conserving Biodiversity Habitat: Principles and Practice (Thomas D. Crocker)
- Chapter 8. The Role of Private Information in Designing Conservation Incentives for Property Owners (Jason F. Shogren, Rodney B. W. Smith, and John Tschirhart)
- Part III. Economic Incentives for ESA Reauthorization
- Chapter 9. Evaluating the Incentive Tools (Gregory M. Parkhurst and Jason F. Shogren)
- About the Authors
- Index
